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| 2006-09-08 |
| Two good scholarly articles in the fall Mideast Quarterly Why Do Muslims Execute Innocent People? Islamist Ideology by Denis MacEoin Middle East Quarterly Fall 2006 While often ignored in the Western media, human rights abuses in the Islamic world are a daily occurrence. Both Muslim states and ad hoc religious courts order mutilation and execution, not only of criminals but also of individuals—mainly women—who have not committed anything which would be considered a crime in other societies. In some cases, Shari‘a (Islamic law) tribunals issue death sentences for those acquitted in regular courts.[1] In other cases, religious leaders invoke religion to sanction non-Islamic practices such as honor killings and female genital mutilation.... and (same issue, I could only do one link The Religious Foundations of Suicide Bombings Islamist Ideology by David Bukay Middle East Quarterly Fall 2006 Suicide terrorism has been the scourge of the last quarter century. A suicide bomb attack on the U.S. marine barracks in Beirut compelled Ronald Reagan in 1983 to withdrawal peacekeepers from Beirut. Palestinian leaders deploy suicide bombers to force Israeli concessions, and Iraqi insurgents use suicide bombings to derail the new political order. Al-Qaeda terrorists attacked the U.S.S. Cole in Aden in 2000 and, on September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center and Pentagon. While some scholars argue there is no religious component to suicide bombing[1]—often citing Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers, who are not Muslims—they are wrong. All Muslim suicide bombers justify their actions with their religion and, more specifically, with the concept of jihad..... |
| Posted by:mhw |
| #11 IOW, as good God-based Marxists-Communists-Bolsheviks, they decide what is and what isn't, not anyone else nor even the Masses. A good Gulag/Death Camp = Good Government, but wid Camels eveerywhere. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-09-08 22:26 |
| #10 Cultural relativism - great fun until someone puts their eye out. And then, hey!, FREE EYEBALL. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-08 17:46 |
| #9 To be fair, we also punish (not necessarily kill) individuals for acts which would not be considered a crime in Islamic societies - like rape, violence against women or child molestation. Just a different idea of "innocent" is all. Cultural relativism - great fun until someone puts their eye out. |
| Posted by: Gluck Angeth1965 2006-09-08 17:36 |
| #8 Karma may be regarded as the result of human action and reaction rather than just some inexplicable mystical occurence too. Indonesia is a nation where justice is particularly weak and baby factories also boom like any African countries. Hard to believe that parenting is meant to be such a natural irresponsibilty and unfettered right. Well, easy come, easy go....inevitable that quantity erodes quality or any sustainable attainment of much quality. Their Panca Sila thingy actually sounds great until usurped with the injection of islamo deity mention but all that ideal's darn far from being attainable with all its actual grimy daily reality. The islamo shackle further nails its adjectness firmly down. |
| Posted by: Duh! 2006-09-08 16:23 |
| #7 What could be more karmical? While it is always tempting to cite karma, and I sometimes do myself, it is far more instructive to remember that Indonesia's incredibly corrupt government has yet to completely install a functional tsunami detection and warning system, despite all of the recent deaths. At the cost of a few thousand dollars per sensing bouy, tens of thousands of lives could have been saved. It is not, so much, that the Muslim Indonesians are deserving of death, but that they have willingly embraced a political and religious ideology whose corruption sneers at the value of their life. This is what kills them in droves and it couldn't happen to nicer people. Well, except maybe for their politicians. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-08 15:46 |
| #6 "During the nominal anti-Communist massacres in Indonesia (1965-1967)" The Tsunami of '04 appears to be just part payback. What could be more karmical? It was a genocide largely obscurated by both the Vietnam War focus and the selective Media. Look at the mess of Bangladesh today ; it can be hardly coincidence from that ingrate nation's return to the islamic vomit despite the genocide it experienced in '71 and its rescue by India. |
| Posted by: Duh! 2006-09-08 15:32 |
| #5 Why do Muslims Execute Innocent People Wrong question. Why do Muslims Execution has no proper place in defining this sort of behavior. It is murder, be it single or mass, but murder it is. The reason Muslims murder innocent people is because it's so much easier to do than going after properly trained military foes who usually eat their lunch in a gulp. Their craven desire to elevate themselves and their religion without respect for how such promotion is achieved gives us an endless string of bloodshed and atrocities. All Muslim suicide bombers justify their actions with their religion and, more specifically, with the concept of jihad..... And the sooner we begin exacting massive retaliation upon societies that promote these mass-murdering bombers, the more quickly they might see the error of their ways. Cultures that tacitly acquiesce to or overtly condone the concept of terrorism must experience death firsthand and in large quantities. It will either convince them of the error of their ways or simply exterminate them. Whichever of the two is required is wholly their decision. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-08 15:27 |
| #4 Muslims execute on the basis of subjective testimony from self-interested parties. During the nominal anti-Communist massacres in Indonesia (1965-1967) Muslim paramilitaries slaughtered most ethnic Chinese who held loans over Muslims. Reality says they were capitalists; Islam says they were Communists. |
| Posted by: Snease Shaiting3550 2006-09-08 14:17 |
| #3 Why is the water wet? |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-09-08 12:36 |
| #2 They're called Koranimals for a reason. |
| Posted by: JerseyMike 2006-09-08 11:36 |
| #1 I could do only one link. Here's the link to: The Religious Foundations of Suicide Bombings No charge for that service mhw. :-) |
| Posted by: GK 2006-09-08 11:35 |